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I recently spoke to graduate students at Baruch College in New York City.  The topic was employee communications in M&A deals, and I introduced what I call “Richard’s Rules” for these situations.  Here’s a sample. 1.  News will leak, and usually at the worst time.  Anyone who has handled communications for an M&A deal knows that a leak is always a possibility.  People talk, rumors spread, and pretty soon there’s a call from a reporter or a blog post gone viral.  For a recent example, look no further than Sunday afternoon’s announcement Read More